This directive is used to define a short name used to identify the contact. It is referenced in contact group definitions. Under the right circumstances, the $CONTACTNAME$ macro will contain this value.

alias

This directive is used to define a longer name or description for the contact. Under the rights circumstances, the $CONTACTALIAS$ macro will contain this value. If not specified, the contact_name will be used as the alias.

contactgroups

This directive is used to identify the short name(s) of the contactgroup(s) that the contact belongs to. Multiple contactgroups should be separated by commas. This directive may be used as an alternative to (or in addition to) using the members directive in contactgroup definitions.

host_notifications_enabled

This directive is used to determine whether or not the contact will receive notifications about host problems and recoveries. Values :

0 = don’t send notifications

1 = send notifications

service_notifications_enabled

This directive is used to determine whether or not the contact will receive notifications about service problems and recoveries. Values:

0 = don’t send notifications

1 = send notifications

host_notification_period

This directive is used to specify the short name of the time period during which the contact can be notified about host problems or recoveries. You can think of this as an “on call” time for host notifications for the contact. Read the documentation on time periods for more information on how this works and potential problems that may result from improper use.

service_notification_period

This directive is used to specify the short name of the time period during which the contact can be notified about service problems or recoveries. You can think of this as an “on call” time for service notifications for the contact. Read the documentation on time periods for more information on how this works and potential problems that may result from improper use.

host_notification_commands

This directive is used to define a list of the short names of the commands used to notify the contact of a host problem or recovery. Multiple notification commands should be separated by commas. All notification commands are executed when the contact needs to be notified. The maximum amount of time that a notification command can run is controlled by the notification_timeout option.

host_notification_options

This directive is used to define the host states for which notifications can be sent out to this contact. Valid options are a combination of one or more of the following:

n = (none) : the contact will not receive any type of service notifications.

service_notification_commands

This directive is used to define a list of the short names of the commands used to notify the contact of a service problem or recovery. Multiple notification commands should be separated by commas. All notification commands are executed when the contact needs to be notified. The maximum amount of time that a notification command can run is controlled by the notification_timeout option.

email

This directive is used to define an email address for the contact. Depending on how you configure your notification commands, it can be used to sendout an alert email to the contact. Under the right circumstances, the $CONTACTEMAIL$ macro will contain this value.

pager

This directive is used to define a pager number for the contact. It can also be an email address to a pager gateway (i.e. pagejoe@pagenet.com ). Depending on how you configure your notification commands, it can be used to send out an alert page to the contact. Under the right circumstances, the $CONTACTPAGER$ macro will contain this value.

address*x*

Address directives are used to define additional “addresses” for the contact. These addresses can be anything - cell phone numbers, instant messaging addresses, etc. Depending on how you configure your notification commands, they can be used to send out an alert o the contact. Up to six addresses can be defined using these directives (address1 through address6). The $CONTACTADDRESS*x*$ macro will contain this value.

can_submit_commands

This directive is used to determine whether or not the contact can submit external commands to Alignak from the WebUI. Values:

0 = don’t allow contact to submit commands

1 = allow contact to submit commands.

is_admin

This directive is used to determine whether or not the contact can see all objects in the User Interface and if he/she can send commands from the UI. Values:

0 = normal user, can see all objects he is in contact

1 = allow contact to see all objects

min_business_impact

This directive is use to define the minimum business criticity level of a service/host the contact will be notified. Please see root_problems_and_impacts for more details.